The chu

[lowaccord66]

Good luck guys.  Have to tow boat to get washed for quabbin so I'm skipping the opener.

Jeff who would, show up early there?  Not anyone we know.

[Baitbucket]

Good luck guys.  Have to tow boat to get washed for quabbin so I'm skipping the opener.

Jon, is this your boat? U guys hitting gate 8?

[Jschumacher]

anyone been down there to see water levels? im guessing water will be super high like last year and some shore access will be gone...

You would be correct. Water levels are high.

[Baitbucket]

You would be correct. Water levels are high.

Plus 30deg temps and wind in the teens!! Yup, its Chu weather lol

[lowaccord66]

Jon, is this your boat? U guys hitting gate 8?

Buddies boat, but he isnt around for the opener so I am using it so I offered to tow up for the wash. Gate 8 for sure.  Its my jam.

[Baitbucket]

Buddies boat, but he isnt around for the opener so I am using it so I offered to tow up for the wash. Gate 8 for sure.  Its my jam.

Nice! U going sat and sun?

[CMD1987]

Waters high but not as bad as last year.

I have to work Saturday - so I can onlycast for salmon a few hours in the morning. But I’ll be out there Sunday after the crowds let up and all day Monday.

I’ve got some 4 ounce C&R alien jigs ready to hook into a double digit laker this year! Among other large lure upgrades I’ve made with an eye toward Wachusett lunkers

[SalmonAndStriper Stalker]

Lead is fine at the chu as long as it 1 ounce or heavier.. anything under 1 ounce must be free of lead, to protect the loons.

wachusett is a no lead zone. no lead at all. anywhere else in the state you can use more than  ounce of lead. i had dnr rangers checking my 2oz weights at wachusett to make sure they are not lead.

[CMD1987]

wachusett is a no lead zone. no lead at all. anywhere else in the state you can use more than  ounce of lead. i had dnr rangers checking my 2oz weights at wachusett to make sure they are not lead.

I just double checked both state and reservoir regulation. I cannot find this. Got a link to regs?

[SalmonAndStriper Stalker]

i cant find it either. im tempting to call them because i have seen it before and out of hundreds of people i talk to fishing there everybody was on the same consensus that no lead is allowed

[SalmonAndStriper Stalker]

wachusett was a no lead zone before the 1oz lead law that was passes 3 years ago.

[Baitbucket]

wachusett is a no lead zone. no lead at all. anywhere else in the state you can use more than  ounce of lead. i had dnr rangers checking my 2oz weights at wachusett to make sure they are not lead.

I beleive this changed with the passing of the 1oz lead law. They just dont advertise it. I cant find it anywhere saying you cant use lead.

Quabbin used to specifically say "NO LEAD". But starting last season their regs now read:


• The use of any lead fishing sinkers and lead jigs weighing less than 1
ounce is now prohibited in all Massachusetts inland waters.
(freshwater). There is a Lead Recycling Receptacle at each boat launch
area as well as in many locations around the reservoir. We encourage the
use of non-toxic weights, sinkers and jigs instead of lead.

[lowaccord66]

Nice! U going sat and sun?

Not sure yet. 

[SalmonAndStriper Stalker]

i wouldnt risk chancing it i just use steel.

[bobbyg]

https://www.mass.gov/regulations/321-CMR-400-fishing

The law is the law, you cant be fined for obeying the lead ban laws. 1 ounce and over is legal..